AWB Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Hearing his father's words, Bai Hanchen's face moved slightly.
He is not the old and the young as Fu Wenge said, but also an educated young man who has received a new education and attended the National Tsinghua University.Back in the day, by the lotus pond of Shuimu Tsinghua University, I met a caring person, and my love blossomed for the first time.The ignorant love, the shadowy love, it's a pity that the etiquette is added, the skin is as thin as paper, no one said it in the end.This fate ended when the other party went to study in the United States.
It's been seven years, and it's not that I still have any extravagant hopes, but it's just buried deep in my heart, thinking that every frown and smile is an illusory thought.Bai Hanchen himself couldn't figure out why his father always thought that he was still thinking about that old friend.
But regarding his temper, he was unwilling to explain more, and there was no need to explain.
"You don't have anything to do when you are young, Dad, don't mention it."
Bai Yukun nodded, twirling the jade ring on his thumb, and said earnestly: "Then take care of yourself and don't go to Bada Hutong. Yes, even if you don't go to sleep there, it's comfortable to listen to people talking about yourself. But there is The way is that whores are ruthless, when they want your money, they can't say nice words, and make you confused? Hanchen, you are about to turn [-], it's time to marry a wife and raise a man The half-daughter is the successor to the Bai family. I think your elder brother is hopeless, and your younger brother is still young, so you have to support this family."
Bai Hanchen nodded with a smile: "Dad, why worry about following the incense? You are still tough, you may add a younger brother or sister to me someday."
He didn't pick up what his father liked to hear. Everyone knew that the Bai family had an owner with a foreign surname in another courtyard in Tianjin. Otherwise, why didn't his mother come to Tianjin with his father?This is nothing new, the master of a rich family has never heard of anyone who does not raise love outside.It's just that the one next to his father has a surprisingly stubborn personality, saying that he is unwilling to bow his head and be a small boy, and would rather follow without a name.
Master Bai looked around—even though there was no one else in the yard except their father and son—he said in a low voice, “I had tea with Dr. Qi from the Hua Medical Hall a few days ago, and when I mentioned your brother, he wrote a letter to him. Fu Fangzi. I tried it, and the effect is good. You go back to bring it to your sister-in-law at night, and ask her to take the medicine for your brother tomorrow. If it doesn’t work, let’s treat it like a dead horse.”
"Hua Yitang? A signboard I've never heard of." Bai Hanchen held back his smile.The old man tested the medicine himself, he didn't go into the reason, he just thought he was eager for his son.
"Huayitang is a family of traditional Chinese medicine. It is very famous in the south. It has been an imperial doctor in the palace for three generations." Bai Yukun's eyes were full of praise, "Doctor Qi is really good. The old lady of the Director of the Port Authority has not seen her for almost ten years." I got out of bed. There are so many diseases that doctors don’t like, Doctor Qi pays the medicine three times, hey, the old lady can go to the table and play mahjong!”
Bai Hanchen laughed until his shoulders trembled slightly.
Bai Yukun said again: "He's going to set up a semicolon in Tianjin Wei. I'm thinking, our family has to take a share. Hanchen, you're also thinking about this matter. When the matter of the arsenal is over, you can spare some time and make the most of it. Bring over the documents that should be prepared, and let's open the semicolon of Huayitang as soon as possible."
"Understood." Bai Hanchen took out his pocket watch to check the time, got up and said, "Dad, I have to go to Philip's office, and I won't have dinner with you."
Bai Yukun thought for a moment, and then warned: "Hanchen, be careful when dealing with foreigners. Don't turn around and they put things in the goods, and finally put the shit bowl on our heads."
Bai Hanchen nodded yes.
The ancestor of the Bai family was the champion of martial arts, and after he became famous, he opened a dart agency.Through years of hard work from generation to generation, there is no road that cannot be reached without the Bai family's escort car, from Yunnan to Guizhou in the south, Xinjiang in the west, and Manchuria in the north.
After the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were many warlords in chaos, but businessmen still had to eat, didn't they?The Bai family, which holds the transportation network in their hands, has done business well in the past 20 years, and Bai Yukun's name in the world is "Tongtianbai".Now when foreign goods arrive at the port and want to enter the inland, or to ship the inland goods to the port, they need to borrow the Bai family's channel.
Something happened before.There was a British guy who said he was transporting wool, but he was randomly inspected at the port. When he opened the box, he found that the wool was only a thin layer, and the bottom was covered with smoke/soil.Smuggling cigarettes/soil is a felony, and one must be beheaded.Although Bai Yukun didn't know about it, he was negligent, and only by paying half of his family property as a "fine" was he escaped disaster.
It hurts his muscles and bones, so now Bai Yukun is cautious about doing business with foreigners.But in the current world, if you don’t do business with foreigners, you can’t expect to earn silver dollars and gold bars from Chinese people who are so poor that their families wear a pair of trousers.And doing business with the government is better than taking risks for foreign devils.When Bai Hanchen proposed to build an arsenal and a munitions factory, he immediately made a decision and let his son do it.
The eldest son is only [-] years old, but his greatest hobby is to be a fancier in Liyuan; the youngest son is still studying, although he is not stubborn, he is not a character for doing big things.Bai Yukun thought, this family must be run by Bai Hanchen in the future.
Beiping, the Bai family mansion.
Everyone sat down and had dinner.It is said that it is a family, but in fact there are only Mrs. Bai, the eldest mistress, the third young master, and Fu Wenge who has just arrived.The master and the second young master are both in Tianjin, as for the eldest...
Mrs. Bai glanced at the empty seats, and asked the eldest grandma: "Guilan, where did Hanyu go? He didn't come back for dinner."
Yan Guilan put down the chopsticks she had just picked up, and with a half-downcast face, she responded, "He... Maybe he went to Fanghua Building to listen to a play."
Mrs. Bai frowned slightly: "My man, you have to take care of him. I don't know where he went. How did you become a daughter-in-law?"
Seeing Yan Guilan's troubled expression, hesitating to speak, Fu Wenge knew in his mind - in front of the guests, Mrs. Bai was acting up.
Yue'er's mouth looks small, but when talking about the master's affairs, it can compare with Ding Da's mouth.In the afternoon, when she was helping Fu Wenge pack his luggage and put it back in the room, she kept nagging, telling him all the relationships inside and outside Bai's house——
The eldest young master Bai Hanyu is the son of the eldest wife, and the second young master Bai Hanchen and the third young master Bai Hanxing are both born of the second wife.The eldest wife's family used to be in Qi, and her father had studied abroad, and was educated. In the early years, he taught the little emperor to learn foreign languages in the palace.
The second wife's family is also in Qiqi, and her status is a little higher than that of the eldest wife's family.It's a pity that the ancestors didn't live up to their expectations, and only lived on the emperor's food and salary.The Qing Dynasty is gone, the family is in decline, the second wife's father only knows how to eat, drink and play, and has no real skills. He is so poor that his daughter-in-law is dying of illness and has no money to buy medicine, so he has to make up his daughter's idea.To say that the fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken, the master who stepped through the threshold and wanted to marry "Gege" in the early years, and climbed up to the royal family all disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Hearing that Bai Yukun was going to marry the second wife, the incompetent old Bangchui went to a middleman to negotiate peace, and exchanged his daughter for 2000 yuan in cash.Sun Baoting—the second wife's Chinese name—was also reluctant at first, and the night before going out, she almost fell into a well.
She has studied in a private school for several years, and she also thought about the noble status in the old days, knowing that she was a child for others, and she might not be able to hold her head up in this life.But looking at the tearful old father, the empty house, the disheveled younger brother, and the dying mother on the sick bed, she finally gritted her teeth and stomped her feet and got married.
I didn't expect that after marriage, it would be a concubine's love.After all, Bai Yukun was only in his early twenties at that time, with a good appearance, not to mention a little ink in his stomach, and he knew how to tell when he was cold.He married the second room because the eldest room had postpartum wind when giving birth, and his body was weak, so he couldn't be a husband and wife.
So although Sun Baoting was concubine, she was loved by her husband.Bai Hanchen was born in the first year of entering the door, and Bai Hanxing was added later. The mother is more expensive than the child, and no one at home or outside dares to show favor to her, so life is comfortable.
It's just that a concubine is a concubine after all, and now that she has the name of a big house, she can finally be a human being with her chest held high.
Because of his mother's physical problems, Bai Hanyu was brought up by Sun Baoting since he was a child, and Sun Baoting regarded him as his own.It's just that when the eldest wife was alive, she had been spoiled for many years.It can't be said that he is a prodigal son, but compared with Bai Hanchen who traveled all over the world with his father at a young age, he is really not a star and a half behind.
Sun Baoting knew that Bai Yukun always felt indebted to Dafang's mother and son, so it wasn't too difficult for Bai Hanyu.He was willing to tip real gold and silver to the actors on the stage, and let him go.However, she can ignore Bai Hanyu, but she cannot ignore her daughter-in-law.Not counting as servants, the two women are the only ones who can't get together in the family. As a mother-in-law, she must have dignity.
Bai Hanxing listened to his mother talking about his sister-in-law, and wrinkled his face and said: "Mom, don't eat or sleep, let's eat, don't talk about my sister-in-law. Dad doesn't care about elder brother, how do you let her care?"
"No one cares, so what's the matter?" Sun Baoting glared at her youngest son.This child, let his brother get used to him, he actually pouted her face in front of the guests.
Eating without talking or sleeping without talking, one set at a time!
Fu Wenge felt that he was awkward here, put down his chopsticks and said, "Mrs. Bai, I'm a little tired, I want to go back and rest first."
"Ah? At least I ate the meal." Sun Baoting frowned slightly seeing that he hadn't moved a mouthful of the meal, "Is it not to the taste? How about asking the kitchen to make you a single portion?"
"No, no, I'm too full at noon." Fu Wenge hastily declined.
Bai Hanxing said, "Brother Fu, I still want to hear you talk about foreign schools, so I'll see you later."
"When you finish eating, go to my room and I'll tell you."
Fu Wenge smiled at him.This 15-year-old boy is the only one he has seen in this home who can synchronize his thoughts.
Standing up, Fu Wenge nodded to Sun Baoting and Yan Guilan respectively, then turned and left the dining room.
It was already dark outside, the heat of the day was blown away by the evening wind, and the fragrance of the flowers and ponds in the yard came to the face, a little cool.Fu Wenge walked through the corridor according to the light from the room, and ran to his room in the east courtyard.
He thought he would be able to take a breath of air by leaving home, but who would have thought that the Bai family would be a piece of shit.
TBC
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